Super Role Player

Mike Woodson was very anxious. The Knicks, who had just changed into a small lineup, were restrained by the Spurs, who were also playing with a small lineup. The situation was not optimistic. Mike Woodson even wanted to call another timeout...

On the court, Jason Kidd deserves to be a veteran who has been in the league for more than ten years. When he saw that the Spurs are also a small lineup, or even smaller, Jason Kidd directly replaced Mike Woodson to make an adjustment: "Mero, We can't continue to play a small lineup and play fast break. In this way, you can reach the fourth position and we will play offensively, improve the success rate and protect the rebounds."

Carmelo Anthony is not a fool. He naturally understands that Jason Kidd's adjustment is reasonable, so he nodded to express his understanding.

After the timeout came back and the game started, Mike Woodson suddenly discovered that the Knicks did not play as he said. Instead, Anthony was pushed to the fourth position. They played a slow-paced positional battle. At the moment, there was a burst of lightness in his heart. The Spurs' adjustments dragged down the water, and the Knicks also had a chance to maintain the situation on the court.

This season is Jason Kidd's last season. Kidd, who is getting older and more demon, has gradually begun to come into contact with some coaching matters. This adjustment can show some clues.

In the Knicks' first attack, Kidd dribbled for a while and handed the ball to Anthony inside.

Anthony is also a master of back-to-back singles. He faced Danny Green with his back, pushed back twice, turned around with a slip, and scored 2 points.

As soon as Anthony came out, the Spurs' defense was stretched, but Popovich didn't care. An Anthony couldn't make it up.

The Spurs attacked, Anxi topped the fourth position, Anthony switched to Anxi, and the two faced each other.

Anthony is quieter than JR Smith, but Anxi is a little itchy at this time. Just now, Anthony's back makes Anxi want to try too, or ask Banmen to get an axe.

So he stubbornly withstood Anthony with his back, got the position, and opened his hands for the ball.

Mills held the ball on the outside line for a while, and did not find any good opportunities. Seeing that Anxi was in a good position and wanted the ball, he didn't hesitate to pass the basketball to Anxi.

Anxi beat Anthony on the back, and Yu Jia and Su Qun in the CCTV broadcast room paid close attention with interest.

"Anxi singles Anthony on his back, Shuang'an battle!"

"Haha, yes, Anxi has made rapid progress in post-up singles recently. It is already considered the top post-back in the NBA, and Anthony's post-back has always been his regular scoring method."

With his back, sitting and fighting twice, Anthony ate it abruptly. In terms of strength, Anthony is not Anxi's opponent, but in terms of skills, Anthony is not anxious. Anxi's few sittings and fights were all cleverly avoided by Anthony.

Anxi played twice and didn't find a good opportunity, but Anxi was still very smart. He wandered around to find Anthony's defensive center of gravity, then suddenly turned around and squeezed Anthony to the basket!

At this time, Anthony suddenly lost his defensive focus and the defensive position was gone, so he followed behind and watched Anxi succeed in a layup!

"Back...or back...turned around! Directly squeezed Anthony...layup! In!" Yu Jia's commentary was still so passionate, and Anxi scored this layup! The fans who watched the live followed the sound and cheered.

"A beautiful goal! Anxi has fully used his physical advantage and his back-playing skills are not better than Anthony, so use your strength to crush the goal!"

As Su Qun summarized, since Anxi’s skills are not as good as Anthony, Anxi’s physical advantage has been used by Anxi. However, Anxi still has his own understanding of skills. He is indeed inferior to Anthony in skills now. Because Anthony has been practicing back fighting for more than ten years, An Xi only started to practice back fighting skills. In fact, practice makes perfect.

Anxi hasn’t practiced soon, so practice makes perfect.

Back scoring, the Spurs still led by 8 points, but then, Carmelo Anthony's appearance continued the Knicks offensive firepower, the Spurs failed to continue to expand the lead, the game ended in the second quarter, the Spurs lost because of The Knicks regained some points for the protection of the inside rebounds.

In the end, halftime ended, the Spurs 57:52, leading by 5 points into the intermission.

In the first half, Popovich felt it was a pity that the Spurs had to win this game. For the first place in the Western Conference, the Spurs cannot afford to lose, so Popovich thought about it. After a while, standing in the middle of the locker room, he said: "In the second half, we will make some small adjustments. Tony, Ann, Kawhi, Tim and Aron, you five will play in the second half. We will play offensively, and the defensive end will protect the backcourt. Rebounding, through man-to-man defense, disrupts their rhythm."

Popovich’s idea is very simple. Don’t look at the Knicks’ ferocious momentum this season, but there are actually two points in the Knicks. One is Carmelo Anthony, who averaged close to 30 points per game, and the other is the field. JR Smith averaged 18 points. The other players are those who steal two when they are in good shape. For example, Steve Novak, who has been on the field before, can still get a lot with Jason Kidd. It's a three-point chance.

And now, Popovich directly let Anxi and Leonard play together~www.ltnovel.com~ Anxi defends JR Smith, Leonard defends Anthony, each of them stares at one, and the Spurs use positional warfare to grind the offense. The success rate of the two big men also used to protect the backcourt rebounds, let Aaron Baynes, the meat shield to deal with Tyson Chandler, everything looked perfect.

Then, halftime was over, Popovich clapped his hands and let the players all play.

"Well, the game is back. The Spurs made another substitution. Tony Parker played, Anxi and Leonard partnered on the wing, and the inside was a combination of Duncan and Aron Baynes." Yu Jia began to introduce the lineups of both sides in the second half. "On the Knicks side, the point guard is Raymond Felton, the shooting guard JR Smith, the small forward Carmelo Anthony, and the inside is a combination of Stoudemire and champion Chandler."

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Spurs got the ball on the first attack. Tony Parker cut in. Facing Raymond Felton's defensive position, he made a jump shot directly, but it was a pity that he hit the ball...

The Spurs didn't feel good in the opening game. After Tony Parker missed a goal first, Duncan didn't make a subsequent mid-range shot.

But the Knicks are in good condition. Anthony faced Leonard's defense and scored two consecutive goals. The point difference was evened suddenly. (To be continued.)